Revelation 18:19:38Rev.18.19.W38TAB
ἠρημώθη
êrêmôthê
“she was laid waste”
- Transliteration
- ê-rê-MÔ-thê
- Extended
- ay-ray-MOH-thay
- IPA
- /ɛː.rɛːˈmɔː.tʰɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she was laid waste
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ê-rê-MÔ-thê
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KAI E-ba-lon khoon e-PI tas ke-pha-LAS au-TŌN KAI E-kra-ksan KLAI-on-tes KAI pen-THOUN-tes LE-gon-tes ou-AI ou-AI hê PO-lis hê me-GA-lê en hêi e-PLOU-tê-san PAN-tes hoi E-khon-tes ta PLOI-a en têi tha-LAS-sêi ek tês ti-mi-O-tê-tos au-TÊS HO-ti mi-AI HÔ-ra ê-rê-MÔ-thê
Exegesis
The final aorist passive erēmōthē {ἠρημώθη | ē-rē-mó-thē} functions as a divine-passive style verdict, summarizing the city’s fate as a completed act of desolation, which is reflected in English by a passive construction that preserves this sense of imposed judgment.
Root and etymology
erēmoōepsilon–rho–ēta–mu–omicron–omega
“to make desolate, lay waste”
In context — Revelation 18:19
And they threw dust upon their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, “Woe, woe, for the great city in which all those who had ships on the sea became rich from her costliness , because in a single hour she was made desolate .”
About this coordinate
Revelation 18:19:38 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 38 of Revelation 18:19, so the Greek word ἠρημώθη (êrêmôthê) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.18.19.W38, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.18.19.W38.S1) and character.